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Swimming Above Stepping Stones Weir At Bothal
Our Mam being an Ashington lassie, we returned to her birthplace when Mam divorced my father who she met before the Second World War - that was when Mam was in London and working in 'service'. We were ...Read more
A memory of Bothal in 1949 by
Percy Main Village
I was born in 1947, and lived at number 14, Blyth Street, Percy Main village, my maiden name was Bell. My mam was called Ethel, dad was Bob, and my sister was Iris. When I was a child my granda Joe Bell, his daughter Phemie and ...Read more
A memory of Percy Main by
Hexham Camp 1941
Hello Alan, I was interested in your comments about the camp. Are you sure you were there in 1940? I was trying to see the rest of your article but somehow I couldn't get the rest of it. You didn't say what school you attended and ...Read more
A memory of Hexham in 1940 by
Connecting With The Past
My father, born in 1906, was educated in an orphanage in South Shields from about 1916 to 1922. The orphanage was operated by the Sisters of Charity. I would like to visit the South Shields area this summer from the ...Read more
A memory of South Shields in 1920 by
North Shields Test Centre
The building which houses North Shields test cente in Cecil Street was erected in1848 as a chapel for people to worship. It remained this way until 1891 when it changed ownership and became a sauna and plunge baths ...Read more
A memory of North Shields by
Happy Days
My sister and I used to visit our grandparents, Harry and Lily Bliss, who lived on Sandringham Drive, West Monkseaton. We would come down from Scotland in late June and stay for two weeks. Favourite memories include the Spanish ...Read more
A memory of North Shields in 1958 by
Model Shop Query
Hello 'Model Shop' memories. I remember getting my first gum shield for boxing from the sports shop I believe you are enquiring about. The name of it was 'Wally Kilminsters', it was a sports come model shop. All the best. Bye the way ...Read more
A memory of Wembley in 1965 by
Troed Yr Arllt
I went to this school in 1957 my teacher was Miss Jones she lived near Pwllheli she always wore a smock flowery pattern when she was teaching us she was lovely also i remember Wendy Shields
A memory of Pwllheli by
1964 To 1987 In Shield Street
I Lived at 2 shield Street between 1964 and 1987 the people who lived in the street are all gone now but they were true Allerdonians. Anyone reading this will remember the likes of Jack & Peggy Warwick , Billy ...Read more
A memory of Allendale Town by
Milton And Plant A Tree For 73
A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to go ...Read more
A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by
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for the benefit of members of the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow, who established the original gardens near Sauchiehall Street, but the general public were allowed to visit on Saturdays for one shilling
Whickam is not noted for much save that it was the birthplace in 1748 of William Shield, musician and composer, who rose to become the Master of the King's Music.
The architectural highlight is the Town Hall of 1707, sold to the town by the Earl of Bridgewater for the princely sum of one shilling (5p).
In the distance is the Manor House Hotel, the grandest in the town: in 1949 full board here cost no less than 42 shillings a day. It had its own private staircase down to the beach.
On the left is Richard Shops and to the left of it is an advert for Rentaset – 9 shillings weekly for a 19-inch television.
Workmen in the Square found the skeletons of two men and a woman; both men had been buried with a sword and shield. Archaeologists believed that they were early Christians.
About one mile to the north-west is the bastle house of Low Old Shield, one of many fortified farmhouses built during the days of the Border raids.
Note the R E Jones Castle Cafe‚ with its shilling lunches. Just past this was the Kardomah Cafe‚ made famous by Dylan Thomas and his associates, which was destroyed in the 1941 blitz.
A two hour horse-drawn carriage ride for four people cost two shillings (10p).
Deep shadows engulf the Greyhound Hotel (left), with the Town Hall behind, in this lunchtime view westwards to Colmer`s Hill (centre).
Guild's rules was: 'Each brother shall bequeath in his will, towards masses for the souls of his brethren, twelve pence out of every pound of his chattels; but he need not bequeath more than forty shillings
The local garage is in on the Green Shield stamp craze; you were given so many stamps depending on the value of your purchase, which you then stuck in a booklet, each booklet holding a given number of
Colmer`s Hill (right of centre) forms the distant skyline. The Royal Oak is on the north side of the street (right). The busy mix of cyclists and cars is typical of a 1950s street scene.
Their purpose was to shield the copious provisions in shop windows.
John Bradbury, former Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, was born here - it was he who introduced one pound and ten shilling bank notes. (See image number W561701 for a modern comparison view.)
In 1965, according to a sign in the window of Price's electrical shop in the centre of the village, it was possible to rent a television at a cost of eight shillings a week.
Their pricing policy was aggressive: signs in the window proclaim '2d in the shilling returned'.
The dog whipper was paid 6 shillings until 1840 to keep dogs out of the church. Rush bearing continued into the 19th century.
The GNR cut the return fare from Sheffield to just 5s; the Midland followed suit, and thanks to Thomas Cook tearing up his written agreement, the latter could reduce the fare to just two or three shillings
The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings. Next comes the National Provincial Bank (now demolished).
On the right, Raymond's hair salon proudly advertises its offer of 'perms from fifteen shillings'.
Admission was one shilling (5p), except on a Friday, when admission was 2s 6d. This was to give the upper classes a chance to visit without mixing with too many working class people.
Sir Ralph Assheton purchased a fine example of a 'Downham diamond' for only five shillings in the 17th century. Found in the local limestone, these were large quartz crystals.
Wives were even sold, the last in 1854 – for one shilling.
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